Read/Write Digital Libraries for Musicology
David M. Weigl, Werner Goebl, Alex Hofmann, Tim Crawford, Federico Zubani, Cynthia C. S. Liem, Alastair Porter · 2020
The Web and other digital technologies have democratised music creation, reception, and analysis, putting music in the hands, ears, and minds of billions of users. Music digital libraries typically focus on an essential subset of this deluge—commercial and academic publications, and historical materials—but neglect to incorporate contributions by scholars, performers, and enthusiasts, such as annotations or performed interpretations of these artifacts, despite their potential utility for many types of users.